iarwain1 comments on Deliberate Grad School - Less Wrong

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Comment author: iarwain1 04 October 2015 09:08:31PM 2 points [-]

Why do you say Carnegie Mellon? I'm assuming it's because they have the Center for Formal Epistemology and a very nice-looking degree program in Logic, Computation and Methodology. But don't some other universities have comparable programs?

Do you have direct experience with the Carnegie Mellon program? At one point I was seriously considering going there because of the logic & computation degree, and I might still consider it at some point in the future.

Comment author: IlyaShpitser 04 October 2015 11:48:16PM *  4 points [-]

Confirmed, re: CMU phil. Email me for details (ilyas at cs.jhu.edu), I know a few people there. I think Katja Grace went there at one point (?)

Comment author: fowlertm 12 October 2015 03:56:48PM 1 point [-]

I mentioned CMU for the reasons you've stated and because Lukeprog endorsed their program once (no idea what evidence he had that I don't).

I have also spoken to Katja Grace about it, and there is evidently a bit of interest in LW themes among the students there.

I'm unaware of other programs of a similar caliber, though there are bound to be some. If anyone knows of any, by all means list them, that was the point of my original comment.